Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

Setup during HiTech AlkCarb: an online database of alkaline rock and carbonatite occurrences

Kanin Nos

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Occurrence number: 
136-11-001
Country: 
Russia
Region: 
Kanin-Timan
Location: 
Longitude: 45.07, Latitude: 68.57
Carbonatite: 
No

This small intrusive complex includes syenite-monzonite with lenses of nepheline syenite, which are highly altered. The nepheline syenites are composed of large crystals of albitized microline and nepheline replaced by muscovite, biotite and aegirine.

Age: 
Devonian, according to geological data.
References: 

IVENSEN, U.P. 1964. Magmatism of Timan and the Kanin Peninsula. Nauka, Moscow and Leningrad. 126 pp.

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